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It is a mystery why you haven’t taken advantage of early bird registration yet! The deadline for these savings is TOMORROW (April 22). Run to bit.ly/3RpMy8K and register now for the 36th Annual SAS Conference (hosted by LCC University of the Arts London)!

In her essay for Animaton Studies 2.0’s Animation and Surrealism theme, Jodi Kolpakov explores how Yuri Norstein’s “surrealism becomes a quiet form of resistance, allowing emotional and existential expression in a censored environment.” Find her essay at bit.ly/4jMBT4N.

In this latest podcast, Christopher Holliday and Alex Sergeant try and do justice to the global stardom of the most famous animated character of them all - Mickey Mouse - by tackling three cartoon shorts with Golden Age animation expert David McGowan (University of the Arts London)! fantasy-animation.org/all-episodes/e…

In his contribution to Animation Studies 2.0’s Animation and Surrealism theme, Akira Arimochi examines both Priit Pärn’s affiliations with surrealism and the artist’s relationship to his everyday surroundings. Read it at bit.ly/3YBkPpD.

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New blog post! The folks at the Delhi-based Amazdraw studio explore the Phenakistoscope, a proto-animated form using spinning discs and slits to trick your eyes into seeing motion. Read all about this forgotten gadget and its influence on animated imagery! fantasy-animation.org/current-posts/…

Christopher Holliday and Alex Sergeant are again joined by David McGowan to map the mythology of the Golden Age of Animation, and how this phase of the medium’s history has often been framed according to its stability and security as an industrial art form. fantasy-animation.org/footnote-episo…

New blog post! This week, Melbourne-based 3D artist Reonaldi Praditya focuses on character arcs within animation and, using a practice-based research method, explores his animation project Baby’s Quest (2024) to reflect on its unconventional narrative. fantasy-animation.org/current-posts/…

The latest Fantasy/Animation podcast was recorded live at the recent Popular Culture Association Conference in New Orleans, where Alex Sergeant took part in a roundtable discussion on Amazon’s prequel series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! fantasy-animation.org/all-episodes/e…

In her contribution to Animation Studies 2.0’s Animation and Surrealism theme, Yixin Sun discusses several examples in which surrealist techniques are used to express memories of sexual violence and reproductive trauma. Check it out at bit.ly/4iZKG1M.

New blog post! Andrew Barrow looks at the Japanese Tokusatsu media genre and the curious case of the Kamen Rider franchise, a programme that is "verifiably huge in Japan but with a light presence in other countries," with this examination of Kamen Rider W. fantasy-animation.org/current-posts/…

The cultural pervasiveness of animated media is the focus of this new Footnote tackling “Pervasive Animation” as understood within Suzanne Buchan’s 2013 anthology of the same name, including the challenges posed by animation as a complex scholarly object! fantasy-animation.org/footnote-episo…

New blog post! This week, oli ✨ plots animation's fundamental queerness, including the issues of erasure and allyship that have defined the creative possibilities for (and industrial structures available to) the queering spaces of the medium. fantasy-animation.org/current-posts/…

To mark the return of the Fantasy/Animation archive instalments, Christopher Holliday and Alex Sergeant delve into the podcast’s back catalogue for this relisten of Episode 70 and their discussion of Space Jam (1996) featuring special guest Paul Wells! fantasy-animation.org/all-episodes/a…

In her contribution to Animation Studies 2.0, Dawn Lam explores how the Oscar-winning Iranian short In the Shadow of the Cypress “uses striking surrealistic techniques to vividly portray the experience of PTSD.” Read it at bit.ly/3HjSeiS.

Haven't registered yet for the 36th Annual SAS Conference (hosted by LCC University of the Arts London)? Don't be sheepish, but do remember the deadline to register is TOMORROW (June 6). Go to bit.ly/3RpMy8K and register now. We look forward to seeing everyone in a month.

New blog post! Lisa Klonis and Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens examine “living weapons” within Japanese animation and contemporary climate fiction animation, and how these figures of destruction invite questions of responsibility, restraint, and scientific mismanagement. fantasy-animation.org/current-posts/…

This CFP for the 3rd Animex Research and Innovation Conference might be of interest to SAS members. The event is happening November 19, 2025. Proposals are due June 27. tees.ac.uk/animexconferen…

In this Animation Studies 2.0 post, Christian Wilken offers an intriguing read of Wallace & Gromit’s A Grand Day Out that draws our attention to its dreamlike impulse. Check it out at bit.ly/4jO1s4w.